Journey to the End of the Night (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Louis-Ferdinand Destouches
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: World War I and after
- Setting: France, Africa, and the United States
- Principal Characters: Ferdinand Bardamu, Léon, Madelon
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Colonies or colonization, Murder or homicide, Doctors, Antiheroes, Mental illness, Immigration or emigration, World War I, Soldiers, Bombs
- Locales: Africa, United States, Paris, France, Flanders
The Story:
Ferdinand, an indifferent student of medicine in Paris, was emphatically pacifistic, and anarchistic in his reaction to authority. Immediately prior to World War I, he was expounding his cynical disregard for nationalistic pride in a café. Down the street came a colonel at the head of a military band. The music and the uniforms captured Ferdinand’s fancy, and in spite of his declarations he rushed off to enlist. During the fighting he was a runner, constantly exposed to scenes of savage brutality and to great danger on his errands. On one mission he met...
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